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Afghan peace volunteers: Nonviolent resistance to war in Afghanistan
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 12:54 PM - 1:06 PM
Emily Malloy, RN, CNM
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Aurora-UW Medical group, Milwaukee, WI
Since 2008, the Afghan Peace Volunteers, a grassroots effort comprised of multiethnic Afghans, have been experimenting with the use of nonviolence to end the war in Afghanistan and transform their society. Employing the nonviolent methods and tactics of Mohammed Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Martin Luther King Jr. and developing new approaches to peacemaking specific to the Afghan context, the Afghan Peace Volunteers are demonstrating a model for promoting change, deescalating violence, and resisting war. This presentation describes the findings from several visits to Afghanistan, interview the Afghan Peace Volunteers, interviews with their international supporters, and reviewing the documents and videos that they have produced to understand how Afghans are seeking nonviolent solutions to resolve the conflict in their country.
Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Identify the methods of nonviolence being used by the Afghan Peace Volunteers.
Describe the challenges to nonviolent peacemaking in Afghanistan.
Keyword(s): War, Human Rights
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director of the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking. I have traveled to Afghanistan three times to research the efforts of the Afghan Peace Volunteers. I teach about nonviolent social movements.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
